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- 1. on the point of death: "he visited his dying mother" Similar
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DYING definition: 1. very ill and likely to die soon: 2. A dying tradition or industry is becoming much less common…. Learn more.
Dying definition: ceasing to live; approaching death; expiring. See examples of DYING used in a sentence.
1. Dying is the present participle of die. 2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] B2. A dying person or animal is very ill and likely to die soon. ...a dying man. Synonyms: near death, going, failing, fading More Synonyms of dying. The dying are people who are dying. The dead and the dying were everywhere.
Dying is a process that will happen to us all: living things eventually die. But non-living things can be dying, too: a battery that doesn't have much juice left is dying, and so is a TV show that's bombing in the ratings. A craft that's losing popularity can be called a dying art.
The meaning of DYING is approaching death : gradually ceasing to be. How to use dying in a sentence.
Britannica Dictionary definition of DYING. always used before a noun. : happening as someone dies : relating to someone's death. It was her dying wish [=her last wish] to see them married. I will remember his words until my dying day. [=until I die] DYING meaning:
the last moment of a person’s life. See dying in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Check pronunciation: dying. Definition of dying adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
A1. to stop being alive, either suddenly or slowly: Twelve people died in the accident. die of She died of hunger. He died of a heart attack. die from Her beloved grandfather died from cancer. They died from their injuries. die with Do the figures include people who die with Covid-19 (= who have it when they die) but not because of it?
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English dy‧ing1 /ˈdaɪ-ɪŋ/ the present participle of die dying2 adjective 1 → dying moment/minutes/seconds 2 [ only before noun] happening just before someone dies It was her dying wish to have a simple burial. 3 → to your dying day 4 [ only before noun] gradually decreasing until soon there will ...
A dying person or animal is very ill and likely to die soon. [...] 2. The dying are people who are dying. [...] 3. You use dying to describe something which happens at the time when someone dies, or is connected with that time. [...] More. Synonyms of 'dying' • near death, going, failing [...] • final, last, parting [...]
